Justin Bieber, benevolent dictator of hearts and minds that he is, shared an album preview of Believe yesterday, but itsy bitsy song snippets are hardly enough to appease his faithful Beliebers -- even if they clearly love and adore short things. (For example: Justin Bieber.)

Various album tracks have made their way online, anyway, well in advance of Believe's June 19 due date. And we'll draw your attention to two of them, until the YouTube police inevitably remove them.

Yesterday's album preview didn't give listeners a chance to hear from much-buzzed about guest stars like Drake and Nicki Minaj, for instance.

Drake's track, "Right Here," is posted, well, right here. (More specifically below this blurb.) Earlier this year, Drake told UK radio station Capital FM that the collabo "sounds like everything you'd imagine a great Justin Bieber and Drake song would sound like," and that sound, apparently, is a low-key R&B jam. Much like "Boyfriend," we find Bieber trying to convince a very-special lady that he is, indeed, very dreamy. No hard sell there, kid, but we're sure Selena appreciates the effort. "I just wanna love you/ I would never ever put nobody else above you/ I just wanna kiss you, baby, I just wanna hug you/ till the end," both Bieber and Drake sing.

As for Nicki Minaj, the Harajuku Barbie gets to play Beauty on "Beauty and a Beat," a Top 40 pop track which deserves props for foresight not seen in other pop songs. Songs like Prince's "1999," for example. Bieber boasts they're gonna "party like it's 3012." Somebody's hoping to stay relevant through the next millenium.

Another big-name special guest on Believe, Big Sean, features on a track that's enjoyed a more legit debut. The G.O.O.D. Music rapper appears on "As Long As You Love Me." That dubstep-flavoured song was released Monday, but if you're not one of the multitude who's helped propel that track to the No. 1 spot on iTunes -- already -- it's posted below, too.

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